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Here are some photographs from Behind the Scenes With 'What Would You Do?'
taken during the filming of the ABC News Primetime show
Forced Into Polygamy in Public broadcast on March 17, 2009

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Anchor John Quinones and actors, producers and technicians pose for a group photo on location in Las Vegas. The shoot was for the "What Would You Do?" scenario on the subject of polygamy.
 
 
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Actress Chelsea Diamond in makeup. In this "What Would You Do?" scenario, Chelsea plays a 15-year-old girl about to marry into a polygamous family. Her husband-to-be already has three wives. Polygamy, the practice of having more than one spouse at the same time, is illegal in all 50 states.
 
 
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Producer Elissa Stohler makes some last-minute notes before shooting begins. Actress Kathy Ann Wittes is in the background.
 
 
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Technicians in a control truck prepare to roll our "What Would You Do?" hidden cameras.
 
 
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Elissa Wall, left, with actors and producers just prior to the shoot. Wall served as guest expert on the shoot. At age 14, she was forced into marriage to a man she said she despised. She later escaped from the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS), a breakaway sect of the Mormon Church that still practices polygamy.
 
 
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Producer Clem Taylor directs a camera shooting the actors portraying a polygamous family.
 
 
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A polygamous family, as portrayed by actors for an upcoming "What Would You Do?" scenario.
 
 
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Actor Frank Jones and actress Chelsea Diamond. In the scenario, Frank portrays a polygamous husband who already has three wives. Chelsea's character is about to become wife No. 4. With our hidden cameras rolling, we watch to see how customers at a Las Vegas restaurant react to a young girl clearly upset about her impending marriage.
 
 
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The polygamous family portrayed by actors, left to right, Kathy Ann Wittes, Fhretscya Youmans, Frank Jones, Chelsea Diamond and Erin Armstrong. The photograph was taken on location at Hash House a Go-Go restaurant in Las Vegas.
 
 
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A cameraman, left, shoots production footage.
 
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